6/5/09 last night in Eureka, one liveaboard took us to Costco on 6/4/09 and when we got back to the boat we walked downtown went to the local musuem cruised the local bookstores, neat Victorian town.
Fri. evening the couple that took us to Costco stopped by to say goodbye then later another couple stopped by, while they were on our boat an altercation between two other livaboards happened on the boat behind us and the police had to be called, Exciting Times!!!!
6/6/09 left 6AM for Shelter Cove uneventful trip except for the Coast Guard pulling along side off of Punta Gorda and asking us to slow down, they wanted to know where we came from and what our destination is, if we had life jackets on board then they zoomed off, 3' swells 5 to 10kt winds. low clouds 55 degrees 8HRs later dropped anchor about 2PM, went to call the kids and LaVon's friend to let them know we arrived so they won't call the Coast Guard to send out a search party, guess what---no cell service!!! What now?
I called the Coast Guard and Noyo River answered, I ask if they could make a call to our family so that they would not report us missing and cause an unnessary search, I was told that the Coast Guard does not respond to personal request's. As I was thinking over my options Humbolt Bay Coast Guard station responded and said they will make the call, whew at least somebody has some smarts.
Left Shelter Cove at 3AM as in 0-dark thirty, headed out on another 15HR run (not many places to stop in Southren Oregon and Northren Calif.) had a good trip saw light houses and whales, same weather 3' swells and 5to 10kt winds low clouds 55 degrees untill south of Cape Arena, winds picked up and swells ran 4 to 5' untill just North of Bodega Bay then it settled back down.
Pulled into Bodega Bay and anchored about 6PM, going to rest and stay two days, Tues looks good to go 25 miles to Point Reyes and Wed. looks best for weather and current to go in SF Bay to Sausalito.
Will write more when something exciting happens, like maybe sunshine!
Irv & LaVon
Fri. evening the couple that took us to Costco stopped by to say goodbye then later another couple stopped by, while they were on our boat an altercation between two other livaboards happened on the boat behind us and the police had to be called, Exciting Times!!!!
6/6/09 left 6AM for Shelter Cove uneventful trip except for the Coast Guard pulling along side off of Punta Gorda and asking us to slow down, they wanted to know where we came from and what our destination is, if we had life jackets on board then they zoomed off, 3' swells 5 to 10kt winds. low clouds 55 degrees 8HRs later dropped anchor about 2PM, went to call the kids and LaVon's friend to let them know we arrived so they won't call the Coast Guard to send out a search party, guess what---no cell service!!! What now?
I called the Coast Guard and Noyo River answered, I ask if they could make a call to our family so that they would not report us missing and cause an unnessary search, I was told that the Coast Guard does not respond to personal request's. As I was thinking over my options Humbolt Bay Coast Guard station responded and said they will make the call, whew at least somebody has some smarts.
Left Shelter Cove at 3AM as in 0-dark thirty, headed out on another 15HR run (not many places to stop in Southren Oregon and Northren Calif.) had a good trip saw light houses and whales, same weather 3' swells and 5to 10kt winds low clouds 55 degrees untill south of Cape Arena, winds picked up and swells ran 4 to 5' untill just North of Bodega Bay then it settled back down.
Pulled into Bodega Bay and anchored about 6PM, going to rest and stay two days, Tues looks good to go 25 miles to Point Reyes and Wed. looks best for weather and current to go in SF Bay to Sausalito.
Will write more when something exciting happens, like maybe sunshine!
Irv & LaVon
Great hearing from you. The Delta is a long way from Puget Sound. Crab season opens here in little over one week. The excitement grows.
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